Fruit and vegetable slicer



J. GANGEMI FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SLICER June 7, 1949.

2' 'itets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 18, 1946;

INVENTOR. JOHN GANGEMI Patented June 7, 1949 rinses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,472,699 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SLICER John Gangemi, Corona, N. Y. Application September 18, 1946, Serial No. 697,65

1 Claim. 1

The present invention concerns a slicer for fruits or vegetables and refers more particularly to a slicer of the type in which wires are strung on a frame hinged to a grooved board and caused to pass through the article to be sliced by moving the frame pivotally downward onto the board and into the grooves.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved fruit slicer.

Another object is to provide a slicer with novel means for maintaining equal and proper tension in the wires.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the slicer in open position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of my invention.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same in open position.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the improved slicer ll) comprises a board I l on which are mounted a plurality of slicing blocks l2 extending longitudinally thereof and separated by the longitudinal grooves l3.

A slicing frame I4 is pivotally mounted on board ll between standards l5 and is free to swing substantially through a semi-circle, as seen by a comparison of Figs. 2 and 3. Frame l4 comprises the pivot bar it pivotally mounted in standards [5, side rods l1 extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom and firmly connected thereto, handle bar l8 firmly connected to rods l1 and extending substantially parallel to pivot bar l6 and handle I!) mounted on handle bar l8.

Slidably mounted on side rods l1 and extending substantially perpendicularly thereto is tension bar 20. Two screws 2| and 22 substantially at opposite ends of tension bar extend therefrom slidably through and beyond handle bar l8.

A multiplicity of holes 24 extend transversely through tension bar 20 and are corresponding holes 25 in pivot bar 16. A single aligned with,

wire Eli is looped through an end hole 25, anchored to itself at 21 and passes successively through the corresponding hole 2d, back through the adjacent hole 24 to the corresponding hole and so on" to form a multiplicity of substantially parallel, loopedly interconnected lengths 2% extending between pivot bar it and tension bar it, being finally looped through the other end hole 25 and anchored to itself at 29.

By tightening screws 2i a substantially equa tension. is developed in all the lengths 28 of wire 25, since each end of tension bar 2% on being drawn up pivots slightly about the screw 2|, if it is being drawn up by screw 22, and vice versa. Perfectly even tension in lengths 28 results due to the fact that all the lengths 28 are interconnected and greater tension on one of them results in a sliding of wire 26 through holes 24 and 25 until perfectly even tension is established.

The slicer All shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 embodies my invention in modified form. The board 4i comprises raised, substantially cubical bodies or blocks 5.2 between which extend the substantially longitudinal grooves 43 and the substantially transverse grooves M.

A substantially rectangular slicing frame 45 is pivotally mounted on standards 46 on board M for swinging motion through substantially a semi-circle as seen by a comparison of Figs. 5 and 6. Frame 45 comprises pivot bar M pivotally mounted in standards 46, side bars 48 firmly connected thereto and extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom, end bar 49 firmly connected to side bars 48 and extending substantially parallel to pivot bar 41, and handle 50 connected to end bar 49.

The bar A! is formed with transverse holes 5| and bar Ali is formed with transverse holes 52, each hole 52 being aligned with a hole M. The bars at are formed with transverse holes 53, corresponding holes being aligned with those in the opposite bar.

Two wires 54 and 54' are provided. Wire 54 is looped through an end hole 52 and anchored to itself as at 55 and passed through the opposite and corresponding aligned hole 5i, passed to the adjacent hole 5i and back to the corresponding hole 52 and so forth until a multiplicity of longitudinal lengths 56 of wire 55 are strung on frame t5 and finally anchored as at 51. Wire 5% is similarly looped and anchored as at 55' and then passed through the holes 53 to similarly form a multiplicity of transverse lengths 5B of wire 54' on frame 45, terminatin in a final looping and anchoring at 59.

The tension of wire 54 is equal in all lengths 56 and the tension of the wire 54' is equal in all the lengths 58 thereof and is properly set in manufacture.

The modified form of the invention is additionally useful for dicing or cubing fruits or vegetables.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and incarnations coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

In a slicing device, a slicing frame comprising a pair of spaced bars extended arana to each othena pair of side ro'ds extended between said spaced bars, a tension bar disposed between said spaced bars closely adjacent one of said bars, said tension bar and the other of said pair of bars'being' formed with aligned pairs or holes, a ontiiiuous length of wire having its ends anc'h'ored on the said dtfir bar' and having its intermediate portieii la'ed said aligned pairs of openings, and meals for drawing said fluence of said drawing means.

JOHN GANGEMI.

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